![]() ![]() My onset happened after he’d gone so I never got a chance to tell him I finally understand what it’s like, being him. I wonder if sober alcoholics miss how it feels being drunk. Sometimes I miss when my meds weren’t so well tuned. It won’t feel good to lie in bed, eyes wide open, with the Ritalin running my Hamster in its wheel in my head. Maybe she’s cocooned in her bed for the same reasons I wish I were in mine-it’s hereditary-but I can’t do it. Mom’s in her room, probably because she was up late with my boyfriend, Netflix. ![]() The title of the book actually comes from a scene where Mel watches HJ get ready to go out on a Friday night, thinking the spectacle is both wonderful and tragic, and this scene below takes place the following morning.Īunt Joan isn’t home yet when I get back to the house around ten. But for those who’ve read the book, here’s a scene with HJ that didn’t make the final draft and for those who haven’t read, this is as good an introduction as any. My early drafts did have more scenes with HJ, but she was taking over too much of Mel’s story so many got cut. ![]() Mel has bipolar disorder with most of her time spent in depression, while her aunt’s type is mostly hypomanic, making her energetic, impulsive, obsessive, opinionated, and volatile. ![]() Many Goodreads reviews for A TRAGIC KIND OF WONDERFUL have wished there were more scenes with Aunt Joan, aka Hurricane Joan, aka HJ. ![]()
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